Behind the scenes of writing a book as a person who loves to procrastinate. Plus recs for thank calls with Joy Tactics, Marcello Hernández, and Jamaican Patois
Thank YOU, Myq! *cinematic training montage of you and me both preparing for our olympic event, but it's just our fingers typing on the keyboard and speaking into microphones*
Oh hi! Hello fellow procrastinator here 🙃, your description of the furious energetic typing kicked up my heart rate 🤣 I don’t feel so alone anymore in the procrastination world, so thanks! Can’t wait to read your book.
As a joke, I almost didn't write back to this comment for weeks, but then I realized that's only a joke that I would know I was making so here I am, right on time. Change is possible!
Going through archives I recently read your beautiful full interview with Jennifer Mills. You talked a lot about your process and the benefit of self imposed deadlines (and procrastinating within those self imposed deadlines). Checking back in with your own insights might be helpful with the book process.
This was great, Chris! Maybe during your next procrastination session you can get to the bottom of why the publishing industry remains devoted to MS Word.
dear chris,
delightful as always, thank you for sharing!
i particularly love and relate to THIS sentence/sentiment:
"I’m an athlete pushing my body to its maximum capacity but the only parts of my body that move are my fingers on the keyboard."
love from your keyboard athlete brother,
myq
Thank YOU, Myq! *cinematic training montage of you and me both preparing for our olympic event, but it's just our fingers typing on the keyboard and speaking into microphones*
yes! maybe our fingers are playing the rocky motivational music on the piano keyboard, as practice for the big show: the COMPUTER keyboard
hahahahaha
Oh hi! Hello fellow procrastinator here 🙃, your description of the furious energetic typing kicked up my heart rate 🤣 I don’t feel so alone anymore in the procrastination world, so thanks! Can’t wait to read your book.
Hello fellow procrastinator! You are not alone!
As a joke, I almost didn't write back to this comment for weeks, but then I realized that's only a joke that I would know I was making so here I am, right on time. Change is possible!
Congrats on the book deal. You got this. ❤️🙏
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Going through archives I recently read your beautiful full interview with Jennifer Mills. You talked a lot about your process and the benefit of self imposed deadlines (and procrastinating within those self imposed deadlines). Checking back in with your own insights might be helpful with the book process.
You got this!
Thanks Chris!
This was great, Chris! Maybe during your next procrastination session you can get to the bottom of why the publishing industry remains devoted to MS Word.
[a dark alley behind Penguin Random House. A large, masked goon throws me against the wall]
"Stop asking questions about Microsoft 365, you nosy little twerp. You're in over your head! WAY OVER YOUR HEAD"
[He stabs me in the hand with a paper clip]
"Next time, I won't be so friendly..."